tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68990232350637645382024-02-18T23:43:54.722-08:00Keep Calm and Read.When you feel like going nuts, pick-up a book and prepare to enter a happy place :-)Irahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933794314277565668noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899023235063764538.post-41557861803864924162013-02-02T05:23:00.000-08:002013-03-09T11:46:49.001-08:00Review: The Opportunist (Love Me with Lies #1)<a href="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1338258081l/13312527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;"><img border="0" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1338258081l/13312527.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: #444444;">Title: The Opportunist (Love Me With Lies #1) by Tarryn Fisher</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And while you're on it, why not listen to this song while you read this book just to give the knife poised on your chest a little more encouragement to plunge deeper and deeper gutting every single skin and cell that gets on its way?</span></b>
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<span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First of all, I want to warn everyone who's reading this that there may be (unconscious) spoilers within this review or hints of what's going to hit you once you dive into this book. Do know though, that I tried my best to give a spoiler-free review but right now, I'm more inclined to nurse off my bruised heart by pouring every single feeling I felt while reading this book.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I did not know what to expect when I picked up this book because I love to be surprised when it comes to gems awaiting to be discovered. And this one is a diamond talked about by a lot of book bloggers but not talked about enough! I mean... this book needs to be recognized more! So if you dear reader has not yet read this one and still looking for an affirmation that you're picking possibly (most definitely) one of your best book reads this year--- you are wasting time! Hurry up and start reading this book.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Almost 10% in Florida with Olivia and Caleb and Cammie and Leah and Jim and everyone else, my heart is aching!!! <i>Aching</i> as in <b>damn-this-book-hurts-too-much-i-think-i-want-to-cry</b> kind of aching! The type of hurt wherein I don't want to read further because I know it will get uglier until I can't contain the pain blooming in my chest. Whenever I can't take the pain anymore I stop reading it and breathe and think for a second that I'm better off with my own bubble full of happy endings and that I don't wanna know what kind of ugly made Olivia and Caleb break up. But then I also feel like I can't stop reading. <i>I'm in too deep, rooted so strong, basking in the sweetness and bitterness of this book that<b> I. JUST. CAN'T.</b></i><b> </b><i><b>STOP.</b></i> One moment I'm melting in the warmth of everything Olivia and Caleb but then the story takes two steps back and hammers my heart into tiny little pieces. I feel like I'm hyperventilating because the pain is too much to take in, that I can't almost breathe. I also felt a connection with Olivia when it comes to her personality. I'm a little bit like her when it comes to little, normal details. Maybe that's why I felt her pain so much it feels like I'm the one who had a bad break up with her ex.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The twists in the story... I just can't put it into words. You have to read it yourself, ride the roller coaster of emotions and feel like you're the one dealing with a broken heart. And as much as Olivia blames herself too much for their destruction, you have to give her the benefit of the doubt.<b><u> Remember, every action has a reaction. *winks* Know that they both messed up (badly and miserably) something that could have been <i>good. </i></u></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was finishing this book earlier today in the library in our University and I swear this was how I looked like (I was trying <i><b>so</b></i> freaking hard <i><b>not to cry</b></i> because I was in a public place. What would people think if I started bawling out there? So I had to suppress my emotions!): </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">I read Tarryn Fisher's bio on Goodreads and it says there: <i>"</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;"><i>I would like to write a novel that every, single person loves, but not even J.K. Rowling could do that. Instead, I try to write stories that pull on people's emotions. I believe that sadness is the most powerful emotion, and swirled with regret the two become a dominating force."</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;">-I would just like to say that you have accomplished that goal very well in The Opportunist!! Just.. damn! It felt like my heart was in a tight grip all throughout the book! And it kept squeezing and squeezing until I 'm not sure if another book can make me feel this way. </span><br />
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Irahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933794314277565668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899023235063764538.post-28423858836824554862012-09-20T04:54:00.002-07:002012-09-20T04:54:26.120-07:00Win a copy of Stormdancer!<a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1337359560l/10852343.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1337359560l/10852343.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff</b></span><br />
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Irahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933794314277565668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899023235063764538.post-2291023302146092852012-08-31T11:49:00.002-07:002012-08-31T11:49:32.974-07:00Random Ramblings<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I haven't been posting reviews lately because of lack of time. My routine these days is to: Pick up a book, Finish or Drop it, Start a new one. I don't have the time to come up with a sensible review with every book I read so I guess I will just be posting my Read, Currently Reading and To Read for some time until I can squeeze a review or two. Or maybe in one entry I can post short reviews/thoughts about a couple of books. School sucks. I wish the semester would end!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>So the most recent book I've <u>Read:</u> Onyx by Jennifer Armentrout</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Short Thought: </b>Am I the only person who didn't enjoy this book as much as the other squealing fans did? Most of the time I found myself rolling my eyes during the cliche moments. Daemon is swoon-worthy, I must admit, though Katy is freakingly<b> annoying</b>! It was so <i>frustrating</i>! I can't remember if she annoyed me this much during the first book? Hm. I keep putting off this book. Didn't finish it in one sitting, even skeptical about going through the headache of dealing with Katy. So you see, I was surprised I even finished this one. Sadly the book was not as mind blowingly awesome as her other series which is The Covenant. I hope Katy gets better (in terms of her personality) and become a little less <i>Katy</i> on the next installment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think I'm a quarter through the book. I'm currently in a neutral state with regards to my opinion with this book.. I guess I'm still in the process of engaging myself with the plot. Although so far... it hasn't yet given me a reason to put off this one and pick up a new read. What I'm expecting is for this one to blow my socks off (metaphorically, of course) as how the other bloggers would've gushed over their reviews over this one. :P So I guess I'll find out!! For my "Next Read" picks, I think I'll be posting a new blog entry tomorrow... rather later this day. It's 2:46 AM. I have to get ready for class at 4AM, so you see.. I need my sleep! :)) See what I mean when I said I don't have the time to blog about my feelings on every single book I finish reading!! So yeah, be posting more awesome stuffs later! Ciao. :-)</span>Irahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933794314277565668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899023235063764538.post-54428060942494050962012-08-06T07:46:00.002-07:002012-08-06T07:52:01.988-07:00Review: Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with "freaky" scars on her arms. Even Echo can't remember the whole truth of that horrible night. All she knows is that she wants everything to go back to normal. But when Noah Hutchins, the smoking-hot, girl-using loner in the black leather jacket, explodes into her life with his tough attitude and surprising understanding, Echo's world shifts in ways she could never have imagined. They should have nothing in common. And with the secrets they both keep, being together is pretty much</span><em style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> impossible.</em><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Yet the crazy attraction between them refuses to go away. And Echo has to ask herself just how far they can push the limits and what she'll risk for the one guy who might teach her how to love again.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #e69138;">I'll keep this review short and straight to the point because I have to prepare for my major exams on Thursday til Saturday. It's just that this book caught me off guard with the author's brilliancy which made me felt the need to express my feelings on how hauntingly beautiful I find this book.This book was not what I expected for a contemporary YA. I was skeptical about reading this book because usually books with eye catching covers end up disappointing me. Surprisingly for this book, it kept me engaged from the first few chapters and didn't bore me even once. 2 broken souls brought together in an epic journey of love, forgiveness and acceptance. I forgot the last time when I find the characters' issues more interesting and heartwarming compared to the romance in the plot. Noah's issue of being a foster kid and wanting so badly to have custody over his 2 little brothers broke my heart into pieces. Towards the end, when I learned about how his two brothers were doing and when Noah's feelings were expounded... my heart swelled with so much love.. reading that part made my heart ache in a good way (if ever that's possible) that made me shed tears of awe and admiration for Noah. And then when I was about to flip off Echo for being a drama queen, McGarry managed to squeeze my heart again and made me see how lost Echo felt. I highly recommend this book to every contemporary YA lover!! This is one well-written book that will surely make you appreciate how lucky you are in life. And the best part about the book was that everybody got their happy ending :"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Being destined to become some kind of supernatural electrical outlet isn't exactly awesome--especially when Alexandria's "other half" is everywhere she goes. Seth's in her training room, outside her classes, and keeps showing up in her bedroom--so not cool. Their connection does have some benefits, like staving off her nightmares of the tragic showdown with her mother, but it has no effect on what Alex feels for the forbidden, pure-blooded Aiden. Or what he will do--and sacrifice--for her.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When daimons infiltrate the Covenants and attack students, the gods send furies--lesser gods determined to eradicate any threat to the Covenants and to the gods, and that includes the Apollyon... and Alex. And if that and hordes of aether-sucking monsters didn't blow bad enough, a mysterious threat seems willing to do anything to neutralize Seth, even if that means forcing Alex into servitude... or killing her. When the gods are involved, some decisions can never, ever be undone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. I freaking felt Alex's pain when Aiden rejected her and ended their training. I mean, what the hell, man up Aiden!! Cut the I'm-just-trying-to-protect-you bullcrap! If you love her, fight for her! I just think Aiden doesn't have the balls to profess his love for Alex and that makes him an asshole :-\ What's greater than dying for the one you love!? I say none. Or if it's reaaally a burden to be together, at least tell her that you love her! He didn't say that he loves her even just once! How cruel is he? :-\ He had multiple times to do so, Alex was always open with her feelings for Aiden but he kept turning it down. Which made me pro-Seth even more. And honestly Aiden is too uptight, he freaking needs to loosen up =))</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2. I'm kind of pissed when Alex was not listening to what the Oracle was saying. Shouldn't she have learned her mistake already? Wasn't the Oracle supposed to be looked up as all-knowing and future-seeing that Alex should be busy trying to decipher what the hell was the Oracle talking about instead of brushing her off??? It was frustrating knowing that what the old lady was saying will make sense some time in the future and she was too bored to listen. At least in the end, she was kind of recalling what the Oracle has said and was trying to take it seriously.. I hope?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">3. Did I mention that A LOT has happened in this book considering that it has only 329 pages? And with "A LOT" I meant not only between Alex and Aiden but also between Alex and Seth (which I loved more than the former!!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">4. Most of the time with the books I've been reading, it feels like I am always rooting for the 2nd lead guy instead of the main lead guy. And in Pure--- I am totally eating up Seth!! I know he is cocky and so full of himself and he has that hot and cold personality but when a guy of this kind falls in love--- he really FALLS in love HARD!!! That's why I am hoping that Alex will end up with Seth! Because in Pure, Seth has been the only ONE left for Alex!! Through EVERY PROBLEM that Alex went, Seth was the one comforting and taking care of her NOT Aiden. Aiden was always MIA or doing something council-related but Seth gave ALL of his time for Alex! So fuck you Aiden but nothing you can do will top what Seth has done for Alex! :)) And most of the time I just want to smack Alex for not SEEING Seth-- I mean REALLY SEEING him and his FEELINGS for her. By the way, I love the CUDDLE BUNNY endearment!! Aaaaaah, makes my heart melt into a puddle :"""></span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Why’d you lock it?”<br />Seth threw me a mischievous grin. “I can’t have Marcus just walking in on us. What if I want to snuggle on these cold New York nights?”<br />My frown increased. “We don’t snuggle.”<br />He dropped his arm over my shoulder, and the scent of mint and something wild tickled my nose. “How about we cuddle?”<br />“We don’t do that either.”<br />“But you’re my cuddle bunny. My little Apollyon cuddle—” </span></b></i></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">5. The really realllyyyy unexpected part was Caleb's death! He should have not died!!! He was supposed to be Alex's bestfriend until the end :(((( It just freaking broke my heart :((( And I'm sorry but Olivia is a bitch! She wasn't the only one grieving for her loss, way before she became Caleb's girlfriend he was Alex's best friend first! And she was up for the whole sneaking-up-in-the-cafeteria plan so who was she to blame everything on Alex? Caleb was the one who knows EVERYTHING about Alex, about how she feels for her mom's loss and yet he was taken away from her. The only person to whom she felt at ease with and at home, the only person left familiar to her... but then he died :-< but you know who was there with her when she was grieving? Yep... it was SETH <3 no sign of Aiden, just Seth! Ok, maybe Aiden drop by several times and Seth didn't give him the chance to see Alex but if he was persistent enough maybe he was able to get through! >:-P So Seth's possessiveness was not an excuse for his absence and failure to give comfort!</span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eventually Seth seemed at a loss for what to do. He stretched out, wrapped his arm around me, and waited. It took a while for me to realize the heartache I felt had transferred to him. Seth didn’t know how to deal with it either, and at the beginning of the fourth day, it was like he, too, had lost his best friend. So we both lay there, silent and soul-sick. ---i honestly think that she is better off with seth!! look who has been there for her as she griefs for her bestfriend?</span></b></i></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">6. I am fucking infatuated with whatever is going on between Alex and Seth!!!! I wish Alex would give Seth a chance-- A REAL ONE. Because even though she said she would give what's happening between them a chance, it still feels like one affectionate move from Aiden and she's back into his arms. And I hate that!! I want Alex confused to the point that she'll reject Aiden's confession of love because a part of her loves Seth as much as she loves Aiden. But I can't blame her! Even I sometimes find myself grinning goofily over Aiden's action-- just one action and I'm Team Aiden again! SEE WHAT I MEAN WHEN I SAID ARMENTROUT IS SERIOUSLY CONFUSING ME!? Although let's be a honest it's kind of going to be Aiden and Alex in the end, won't it? No matter how we are for Team Seth right now she will somehow find a way to turn the table around. I just hope Armentrout will be able to do a damn well job in luring me back to Team Aiden! Because if she can't make Aiden top what Seth has already done for Alex, I suggest she doesn't try and just go with Seth and Alex. How I wish. I don't want Seth heartbroken at the end of the series :-< PLEASE? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">7. What I love about Alex is that she is a kick-ass heroine but in times of uncontrollable circumstances she can also be a damsel in distress. Although she is very tough she can also be left vulnerable which is when her men can step in to take care of her :"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I tipped my head back, groaning. “Does what I want ever matter to you?”</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2.<i> “You smell like roses and summer.” He tossed the ball a little higher. “I like it.”</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">6.<i> Then he looked over his shoulder, and dear gods, I never seen a man more surprised by a girl in a dress than Aiden. Okay. Lie. I had been just as surprised, and if he was thinking half of what I was thinking, I sort of wanted to hit him more than I usually did. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">~The ending was not really a huge cliffhanger although something BIG did happen towards the end of the book. Regardless, what I want on the 3rd book is for Alex to be with SETH and NOT AIDEN ;-) And after reading the 1st chapter of Deity I BADLY WANT TO GET MY HANDS ON IIITTTT. November 6th is so far away!!! :-<</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hailed as “impossible to put down,” the Hex Hall series has both critics and teens cheering. With a winning combination of romance, action, magic and humor, this third volume will leave readers enchanted. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Just as Sophie Mercer has come to accept her extraordinary magical powers as a demon, the Prodigium Council strips them away. Now Sophie is defenseless, alone, and at the mercy of her sworn enemies—the Brannicks, a family of warrior women who hunt down the Prodigium. Or at least that’s what Sophie thinks, until she makes a surprising discovery. The Brannicks know an epic war is coming, and they believe Sophie is the only one powerful enough to stop the world from ending. But without her magic, Sophie isn’t as confident. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sophie’s bound for one hell of a ride—can she get her powers back before it’s too late?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">From the moment she sets eyes on Chris, she is a goner. Lost. Sunk. Head over heels infatuated with him. It's problematic, since Chris, 21, is a sophisticated university student, while Amelia, 15, is 15.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Amelia isn't stupid. She knows it's not gonna happen. So she plays it cool around Chris—at least, as cool as she can. Working checkout together at the local supermarket, they strike up a friendship: swapping life stories, bantering about everything from classic books to B movies, and cataloging the many injustices of growing up. As time goes on, Amelia's crush doesn't seem so one-sided anymore. But if Chris likes her back, what then? Can two people in such different places in life really be together? </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Through a year of befuddling firsts—first love, first job, first party, and first hangover—debut author Laura Buzo shows how the things that break your heart can still crack you up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ahh, what's a good book without the heart-warming romance? I admit, Most of my favorite books have something to do with the wondrous romance built by the authors. Some may say it was too fast but for me it was alright. I really reallyyyy hate it when a girl falls in love at first sight!! Emma swooned over Galen at first sight because, who wouldn't!? With the gorgeous face and body, you're insane if you wouldn't do the same! But as Galen pursued her, Emma didn't budge easily. She rejected Galen like she doesn't want to have anything to do with him which makes the love story very very interesting! I always adore the love-hate relationship between the main characters! I love how Emma resisted Galen's charms! That's why when they did fall in love, it doesn't feel like they just met a month ago or that they were just pretend dating for weeks-- the rejection and then acceptance made every feeling of admiration and love real!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thoughts: *Siiiiiiiiiiiiiigh* I have once again finished the first book of a series with lots of potential!!!!! We've only spent 1 night and now it's done... I can't believe I've read 3/4 of the book in one sitting!!! If I weren't sleepy and if I didn't have plans the next day, I would have stayed up late and finished the entire book! NOW THAT is an awesome book!! Thanks to this book, I know now how to distinguish a great read from a disappointing one when time is of the essence. I really don't have a 2-month long vacation for this academic year or for any upcoming years in my teenage life because I am soon-to-be a grown up, and part of being a grown-up means a couple of weeks for a "Summer vacation". So you see, I really don't have the time to waste reading the wrong book while the good ones sit untouched. So I have this strategy that if the books weren't working for me with regards to its first few chapters then I'm putting it down & picking up a new read. I might give it a chance some other time but not now when I only have a week left until our mandatory summer classes start!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Going back to this superb book... what can I say? I'm a sucker for love triangles. I am a sucker for 2 guy best friends falling in love with their girl best friend-- because we're not fed with the crap load of BS called "love at first sight". I am a sucker for werewolves. I am a sucker for HEMLOCK!!! I finally found a book wherein I love the two leading men!!!! I am totally confused! If only Mac can have both as her boyfriend! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kyle is the stable one, the more organized, responsible and reliable one. Kyle is the safest and best choice!! He is like the best friend who was always there for Mac when it comes to saving and comforting her. He is the guy who was too afraid to confess his feelings that might ruin his relationship with the people he cares most. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jason, on the other hand, is the broken one. We gotta admit, the broken ones have a huge spot reserved in our hearts. We've always loved the tortured soul-ed yet brooding and handsome, rich bastard. Just like Mac, we can't help but want to fix them and be the reason why he is doing better. He is reckless, stubborn, spontaneous and just about the most perfect broken guy I've ever drooled over. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There were unexpected twists but nothing out of the ordinary. All in all it is a great read if you're looking for a good love story :P I can't wait for the next book to come out!!! I don't know how much time I have to wait for it to come out :-< This book hasn't even been published yet. Kyle had his chance and in the 2nd book, it's Jason turn!! With Jason and Mac on the journey in finding Kyle, I'm sure there will be lotsa cheezy moments planned for Jason and Mac :-p</span><br />Irahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933794314277565668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899023235063764538.post-83702080724840078822012-04-02T13:18:00.002-07:002012-04-02T21:48:37.434-07:00Second Chance Read #1: Delirium by Lauren Oliver<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Before anything else, what is this "Second Chance Read"? Second Chance Read is a segment in my blog wherein I get to pick a book (may or may not be recently published) which everybody claims to be great but which I failed to see long before it became a hype. Sometimes when I get bombarded with too much YA or when I just finished an awesome book, the book that I pick up after it suffers because I'm nowhere near getting over the former (even if I wanted to). These are the books which I didn't finish because I was looking for a certain pull that will make me engaged to it but wasn't able to find it in its first few chapters. So I'm ready to look at these books the other way, and read it without judgment as if reading it the first time. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><i><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Before scientists found the cure, people thought love was a good thing. They didn’t understand that once love -- the deliria -- blooms in your blood, there is no escaping its hold. Things are different now. Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the government demands that all citizens receive the cure upon turning eighteen. Lena Holoway has always looked forward to the day when she’ll be cured. A life without love is a life without pain: safe, measured, predictable, and happy. </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Why would anyone declare love as a disease!? I mean yeah sure some may consider it as such (figuratively) and sometimes I think I agree, but why would we want to cure it? Love makes the world go 'round (as sung one time in a Powerpuff Girls episode), it gives life and meaning to our existence. I cant imagine living in a world without love. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I mean, seriously, the theme is sick in a good way!!! You might think that it's shallow, or even childish but once Lauren Oliver started to describe the behavior of the "cureds" you're going to see the depth of the plot! The cureds remind me a lot of the movie "The Invasion" starring Nicole Kidman wherein the humans were robbed off of their emotions. And it did creep the hell out of me. Imagine being with people who can't feel and who have empty eyes void of any emotion. It's like living with Zombies who look well and alive on the outside but dead on the inside. On the other hand, it's amazing how I realized, while reading this book, that LOVE is the root of all the things we feel-- envy, anger, pain, jealousy, desire etc. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The book started a bit slow.. but you have to have patience in order to make it to the good part because once you do, it's endless. Everything from that point will keep you engaged with the plot!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">About the characters... I definitely loved Hana! I didn't expect her to be the fearless, free spirited and inspiring one. How I wish for her to have escaped Portland too and lived in the Wilds. Also I did not expect Lena to be the uptight one (I mean c'mon, LIVE A LITTLE!). I was annoyed at Lena on the first part of the book but then I understood her-- on how she was just confused. And as the story went I came to love Lena as her character grew and started to accept love. I definitely loved Lena's memories of her mom about what they used to do. And let's not forget ALEX! *sighs deeply* Alex the good looking Invalid. Alex the gentleman. Alex the savior. Alex the martyr. I see Alex as Lena's source of strength. I just can't accept the ending!! It was too much of a heartbreak!! His love for Lena was just..... beautiful in the saddest way possible :-(</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My problem with the book was, why not give them the cure at an age before they are most likely to fall in love to avoid more problems? Let's say about 11 or 12 years old. Why wait until they are 18? It's not like they are given an option to choose whether to proceed with the surgery or not. It's mandatory whether they like it or not they have to go through it. So, whyyy!? And also the chase towards the end of the book seems a bit.. unrealistic. Why did it feel like the whole army of the government was chasing Lena and Alex when Lena was just an insignificant nobody?? Don't they have anything better to do but chase a bunch of teenagers running away from their homes? Don't they have bigger problems to handle? It sort of doesn't make sense. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Although all in all the story was great! I was about to give this book a 4, but after that ending!? I just knew that 4 won't suffice. It deserves a 5 :-) I'm still thinking whether to read Pandemonium (Delirium #2) right away or postpone it for another book because I've heard it's going to end with another cliffhanger. And with the 3rd installment nowhere near it's publication date? I don't think I'll be able to handle another cliffhanger without going craaaazzzzyyyy!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">“You looked happy.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">For a second we just stand there in silence. Then, suddenly, Alex is back, easy and smiling again. “I left a note for you one time. In the Governor’s fist, you know?” It’s impossible, too crazy to think about, and I hear myself repeating, “You left a note for me?”</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">“I’m pretty sure it said something stupid. Just hi, and a smiley face, and my name. But then you stopped coming.” He shrugs. “It’s probably still there. The note, I mean. Probably just a bit of paper pulp by now.” </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">He left me a note. For me. The idea—the fact of it, the fact that he even noticed and thought about me for more than one second—is huge and overwhelming, makes my legs go tingly and my hands feel numb.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">-Just made me smile and grin goofily like a little kid opening a goody bag full of candies! he's confusing lena and im loving it!! :))</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">2. Just as I’m about to crack open the bedroom door I hear a small noise behind me, like the mewing of a cat. I whip around. Grace is sitting up in bed, watching me.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">For a second we just stare at each other. If Grace makes a noise, or gets out of bed, or does anything, she’s bound to wake Jenny, and then I’m done, finished, kaput. I’m trying to think of what I can say to reassure her, trying to fabricate a lie, but then, miracle of miracles, she just lies back down in bed and closes her eyes. And even though it’s very dark, I would swear that there’s the smallest smile on her face.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">3. Then I’m being jerked to the side, and I hear a crack and a yelp, the regulator saying, “Shit.” The fire in my leg stops and the weight of the dog falls off, and there’s an arm around my waist and a voice in my ear—a voice so familiar in that moment it’s like I’ve been waiting for it all along, like I’ve been hearing it forever in my dreams—breathing out: “This way.” -swooning over alexxx :x</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">4. “I don’t know any other way.” I can’t feel my mouth open, don’t feel the words come, but there they are, floating on the dark. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">He says, “Let me show you.” ---and then BAM! they were kissing and im smiling like a lovesick weirdo :"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">5. As I lie there with the hurt driving through my chest and the sick, anxious feeling churning through me and the desire for Alex so strong inside of me it’s like a razor blade edging its way through my organs, shredding me, all I can think is: It will kill me, it will kill me, it will kill me. And I don’t care.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">6. It’s us against them, three against countless thousands. But for some reason, and even though it’s absurd, at that moment I feel pretty damn good about our odds.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">7. “That’s when you really lose people, you know. When the pain passes.”</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> "Somehow, the pain only makes it better, more intense, more worth it."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">8. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“I love it.” The word pops out, and instantly the weight on my chest dissipates. “I love it,” I say again, testing it. An easy word to say, once you say it. Short. To the point. Rolls off the tongue. It’s amazing I’ve never said it before.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">9. “No.” I bury my face in his chest, wrap my arms around him and squeeze. Unimaginable, incomprehensible: a life lived without him. The idea breaks me—the fact that he’s almost crying breaks me—the fact that he did this for me, the fact that he believes I’m worth it—kills me. He is my world and my world is him and without him there is no world. “I won’t do it. I won’t go through with it. I can’t. I want to be with you. I need to be with you.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">10. Just a few more feet and I’ll be sucked into the Wilds; I’ll be beyond its impenetrable shield of interlocking trees and growth and shade. I wait for Alex to hit next.</span></b></span><br />
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</div>Irahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933794314277565668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899023235063764538.post-13452790062058571202012-04-01T10:16:00.001-07:002012-04-01T10:19:54.906-07:00Recent Book Grabs (ARCs and Published books)<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These are the goodies i just got recently :") Spare me for here comes a couple of books adding up to my endless TBR pile!! If only I could read everything at once.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mirabelle's past is shrouded in secrecy, from her parents' tragic deaths to her guardians' half-truths about why she can't return to her birthplace, Beau Rivage. Desperate to see the town, Mira runs away a week before her sixteenth birthday—and discovers a world she never could have imagined.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In Beau Rivage, nothing is what it seems—the strangely pale girl with a morbid interest in apples, the obnoxious playboy who's a beast to everyone he meets, and the chivalrous guy who has a thing for damsels in distress. Here, fairy tales come to life, curses are awakened, and ancient stories are played out again and again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But fairy tales aren't pretty things, and they don't always end in happily ever after. Mira has a role to play, a fairy tale destiny to embrace or resist. As she struggles to take control of her fate, Mira is drawn into the lives of two brothers with fairy tale curses of their own . . . brothers who share a dark secret. And she'll find that love, just like fairy tales, can have sharp edges and hidden thorns.</span><br />
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</div>Irahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933794314277565668noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899023235063764538.post-89575843381475146402012-03-31T00:38:00.002-07:002012-03-31T00:42:14.718-07:00Cover madness (and everything in between): Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Did you know that Beautiful Disaster originally came out as an e-book? It was written by an indie author namely Jamie McGuire and of course as an e-book there were no hard copies of this amazingly, insanely out-of-this-world beautiful writing published.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Honestly, I like the e-book cover better than the hard copy cover. The e-book cover is more befitting given the story line and that it is a contemporary YA novel compared to the other one, don't you think? It screams more personality and will make you agree that indeed, it is a Beautiful Disaster :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Let us pause for a moment to swoon over our bad boy, hot-tempered, obsessive, possessive, chick-magnet, bare knuckle fighter book boyfriend, TRAVIS MADDOX :x</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>In a life where there are no surprises, nothing has prepared Nick for what he's about to discover--or the choice he will be forced to make. . . .</i><br /><br />Rating: <img src="http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e251/tessilah32/Cute%20Pixels/frog-in-jar.gif" /> <img src="http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e251/tessilah32/Cute%20Pixels/frog-in-jar.gif" /><br /><br />Interpretation: 2/5. Didn't finish the book. Don't bother wasting your time.</span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />The story is about Nick who can see the future. Nick feels that he is a freak because there is a voice in his head telling him every single thing he has to do. He calls the voice as the "script" or the "you wills" and whenever he goes off-script his future changes. The future he is currently set is that he's going to be married in the future, will practically live a normal life despite his crazy ability to see the future and died of old age. But one day he went off script to save a girl but in exchange took another's life. And with that "big event" Nick's future started changing and becoming uncertain and his "script" started going on and off which marked the start of Nick's living hell. That's pretty much the gist of the story.<br /><br /><br />I feel like Touched had a great start which went downhill as the story goes. After reading the first 3 chapters or so I started to feel tired of reading it but of course I still went on expecting that it will get better. Sadly, it didn't. It was dragging and was a headache to read. If the story was a tone, it was monotonous-- Nick going on and on and on and oooooon on how suck-ish his life is, on how he was a freak and a weird-o and on how people avoided him because of those qualities. It felt like the story took you on a dragging loop with a pointless end. Ugh. Disappointing. Waste of time. I should have picked another book :-| The blurb had me though. And I hate how attractive the blurb was but when it came to the content it just wasn't as good. So before you decide to give this book a chance, you might want to think about that again. </span></div>Irahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933794314277565668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899023235063764538.post-324257489647381902012-03-30T03:16:00.000-07:002012-03-30T03:28:24.664-07:00Friday Finds<div style="text-align: center;">
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi <span style="color: red;">*</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nightshade by Andrea Cremer *</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer Smith</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (HELLOOO, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!)</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin <span style="color: red;">*</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles (actually this is Perfect Chemistry #2, hihi)</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick <span style="color: red;">*</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Take Me There by Carolee Dean</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins *</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Everneath by Brodi Ashton <span style="color: red;">*</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Divergent by Veronica Roth <span style="color: red;">*</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Die For Me by Amy Plum <span style="color: red;">*</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img alt="The Iron King (Iron Fey, #1)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327877670l/6644117.jpg" width="126" /> <img alt="City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1309277410l/256683.jpg" width="132" /> <img alt="Forbidden" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1302655056l/7600924.jpg" width="130" /> <img alt="You Against Me" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1311064228l/8720917.jpg" width="140" /> <img alt="The Unwritten Rule" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1301589148l/6589111.jpg" width="132" /> <img alt="Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1270154981l/7718736.jpg" /> <img alt="Falling Under (Falling Under, #1)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1326079906l/7948945.jpg" width="132" /> <img alt="Shade (Shade, #1)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1328148783l/6648020.jpg" width="137" /> <img alt="Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259686913l/5287473.jpg" width="132" /> <img alt="On the Jellicoe Road" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1212708945l/1162022.jpg" width="133" /> <img alt="Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327137475l/7171637.jpg" width="132" /> <img alt="Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1317793801l/9378297.jpg" width="137" /> <img alt="Between the Lines (Between the Lines, #1)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1330150449l/11262424.jpg" width="144" /> <img alt="Evernight (Evernight, #1)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1306376600l/2722413.jpg" width="132" /> <img alt="Saving Francesca" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1300461274l/6091712.jpg" width="133" /> <img alt="Shut Out" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327918078l/10757771.jpg" width="131" /> <img alt="Lola and the Boy Next Door" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327889189l/9961796.jpg" width="132" /> <img alt="Unwind (Unwind, #1)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1297677706l/764347.jpg" width="135" /> <img alt="The Goddess Test (Goddess Test, #1)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327891211l/9681214.jpg" width="120" /> <img alt="Immortal Beloved (Immortal Beloved, #1)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1324787694l/7823549.jpg" width="133" /> <img alt="The Reaping (The Fahllen, #1)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1301615640l/10354373.jpg" width="142" /> <img alt="Looking for Alaska" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327869663l/99561.jpg" width="132" /> <img alt="Touch of Frost (Mythos Academy, #1)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1301505419l/9439989.jpg" width="133" /> <img alt="Aces Up" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1320449810l/7204637.jpg" width="129" /> <img alt="That Boy (That Boy, #1)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1305572809l/11382346.jpg" width="127" /> <img alt="Leaving Paradise (Leaving Paradise, #1)" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1275635676l/544424.jpg" /> <img alt="Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky, #1)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1332698844l/10756656.jpg" width="126" /> <img alt="Catching Jordan" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327875803l/9888775.jpg" width="133" /> <img alt="Virtuosity" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1322969710l/10668038.jpg" width="131" /> <img alt="Legend" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1311982637l/9275658.jpg" width="133" /></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Iron Fey by Julie Kagawa *</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare <span style="color: red;">*</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You Against Me by Jenny Downham</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Falling Under by Gwen Hayes *</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready <span style="color: red;">*</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins *</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare <span style="color: red;">*</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendra Blake *</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Between the Lines by Tammara Webber *</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Evernight by Claudia Gray *</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shut Out by Kody Keplinger</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Unwind by Neal Shusterman <span style="color: red;">*</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter <span style="color: red;">*</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Immortal Beloved by Cate Tiernan <span style="color: red;">*</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Reaping by M. Leighton *</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Looking for Alaska by John Green</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep *</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That Boy by Jillian Dodd *</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles *</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi <span style="color: red;">*</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Catching Jordan by Miranda Keneally</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Virtuosity by Jessica Martinez</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Legend by Marie Lu <span style="color: red;">*</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Most of the books here are part of a series. Some series are done, some are still ongoing. I only added the first book in each series so it's not confusing. ;-)</span></div>Irahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933794314277565668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899023235063764538.post-7181088616610248762012-03-29T00:26:00.000-07:002012-03-29T05:10:43.725-07:00Review: Oppression by Jessica Therrien<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Interpretation: 3/5. Nice plot but not memorable. Still worth reading.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Btw, don't you find the frog in a jar cute!? I found it in a site somewhere and thought, Hey why not use this as my supposedly "star" for rating the books in my reviews!? ;;)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Well</i> isn't the cover lovely!? I am a sucker for breath taking covers so I guess I am easily deceived by what's on the outside rather than what's on the inside. The blurb (for me) on the other hand didn't really scream: "Hey! Read me! READ ME!!!" Unless you're a fan of mythological themed story lines, you won't end up reading this book. But the cover is really really reallyyy nice. Something you'd want people to see on your collection of young-adult reads. Something that made me want to give this book a chance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The story was about Elyse who is an orphan and who ages slowly. She has a guardian, Aunt Betsy who, from the beginning of the book, just died. She also has a best friend, Anna who knew about her condition since they were children and although she is now in her mid-30s or 40s and has a daughter while Elyse still looks like she is in her early 20s, Anna remained Elyse's best and only friend. Until one day, Elyse found out that she is not alone, that there are still others and that she doesn't have to live in isolation anymore. They are called the Descendants. Descendants have gods as their ancestors and each and everyone has a "special ability" depending on whom they descended from. Elyse has the power to heal which makes her a healer (duh) and also the "chosen one"-- the descendant who's going to end the war and save them all. Half of her body heals while the other half poisons. Elyse is torn between her decision to fulfill her destiny as the redeemer or to save her best friend Anna who has Cancer. The whole healing thing works when Elyse draws blood and Iosef (the wise old man) told her that the more severe the bruise/sickness is, the more blood she has to draw. And when it comes to Cancer, Elyse will most likely die if she wanted to cure Anna.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Quite frankly this book disappointed me. From the great reviews I have read I was expecting this book to exceed my expectations! That I was wrong to judge it from its blurb. There was not so much of the action I wanted. The romance between William and Elyse happened too fast. One day they were going out on a date and the next day they were kissing and saying I love you to each other. I mean... as much as it's rampant for YA reads to adopt "love at first sight" themes, I still wanted them to take things slowly. As for William, he has a lot of potential but he lacks the swoon factor :-( I wasn't engaged with the plot. I didn't feel connected with the characters. I don't even know what's going on halfway through the book! =)) There was no depth in the story. No surprising twists. The book is plain.. and bland. Although I must say it was well-written (in its grammatical sense). Just that, it wasn't for me. I want to like it.. love it, even. But I just can't find a reason for me to love it. I don't even get the essence of the war. They say they are being oppressed but you can't feel the oppression they were talking about. You can't feel The Council's cruelty. You can't sympathize with them. Mostly the book talks about Anna's confusion in making a decision. I mean, it's reasonable that she wanted to give her life for her best friend's sake but I find the conflict lacking so much depth. But I've got to admit, it's heart warming to know that Elyse will sacrifice her life for her best friend. It's understandable because Anna is the only person (besides her guardian, Aunt Betsy) who knew about her condition and who has been there for her all along. My favorite scene though was the Human Evasion Test. It gave life to the book, made it exciting even if it was short-lived. Towards the last quarter of the book I just can't wait for it to end. I didn't want to give up on it and not finish reading it. I just have to know if towards the end the story gets better.. but it didn't. So there, in conclusion the book was not for me but I'm sure for some people they will come to love and enjoy this one. :-) The plot is light and like-able. I still say you guys should give it a chance and find out if the story works for you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <span style="font-size: 32px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 16px;"><i><span style="color: #444444;">“You’ll never lose me, Ellie,” he said with an unexpected brush of his lips on mine. “I’ll always find you.”</span></i></span></span></blockquote>
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</div>Irahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933794314277565668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899023235063764538.post-69732849703077337612012-03-24T21:58:00.002-07:002012-03-29T05:07:24.235-07:00Let the reading and blogging start!<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Finals week is FINALLY OVER!!! I am now free to do nothing but read YA books I can't stop ogling about. So what will you be expecting from my book blog? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">What I'm Currently Reading</span></b> - take it in its literal sense. It will be about what I'm currently reading =))</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Vocab</b></span> - new words (at least new to me) that I will be encountering. So as to enhance my vocabulary ;-) Kinda lame and nerd-ish, eh?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Reviews</b></span> - Well this site won't be considered as a "book blog" if it won't be containing book reviews right? ;)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>What's hot and what's not?</b></span> - Random list of books which I came to like/love very much and also books which didn't meet my expectations or I was just downright disappointed with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That's about it for now. And for <span style="color: red;">what I am currently reading</span>....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">Elyse knows what it means to keep a secret. She's been keeping secrets her whole life. Two, actually. First, that she ages five times slower than the average person, so that while she looks eighteen years old, she's closer to eighty. Second, that her blood has a mysterious power to heal. For Elyse, these things don't make her special. They make life dangerous. After the death of her parents, she's been careful to keep her secret as closely guarded as possible. Now, only one other person in the world knows about her age and ability. Or so she thinks. Elyse is not the only one keeping secrets. There are others like her all over the world, descendants of the very people the Greeks considered gods. She is one of them, and they have been waiting for her for a long time. Among so many of her kind, she should not be very remarkable--except for the prophecy. Some believe she will put an end to traditions, safeguarded by violence, which have oppressed her people for centuries. Others are determined to keep her from doing just that. But for Elyse, the game is just beginning--and she's not entirely willing to play by their rules.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: red;">Thoughts: </span>I was skeptical to pick up this book because I'm not really a fan of books with mythological themes (there's one exception: underworld). But given the good reviews about this book which I came across I am convinced that I should give this one a try. Will be posting my review as soon as I'm done with this!! :-D</span></div>Irahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933794314277565668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6899023235063764538.post-44680942112223992602012-03-19T05:59:00.001-07:002012-03-30T07:07:51.655-07:00Newb.. :O<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I should be studying than spending time figuring out how to create my own book blog.... but I just can't help it! Ever since I've decided to commit myself more into reading Young-adult books I felt the NEED to create my own book blog and start reviewing the awesome YA books I've read that most definitely deserve recognition and heartfelt reviews. The reviews I post in goodreads don't do justice (I'm so sorry) on how mind-blowing they are. And also... I need a hobby! I mean besides indulging into the realms of YA books but being unable to share how I feel about them.. I need an outlet! And this is the solution to my dilemma. Now I am not promising anything. I won't promise that I will be able to update this every now and then because I've got to be honest.. studies still comes first-- the top of my priorities. This book blog site is purely out of my love for YA books and my need to get away from reality :-) After a week, expect me to start posting about book reviews and as well as the same stuffs that go through a book blog ;-) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here's a peek at my Calibre! :></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>Irahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933794314277565668noreply@blogger.com2